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Geoscience Disciplines

Flow Visualization and Processes Laboratory (WWW)

• Overview
• Automated Multiscale Permeameter
• Automated Two-Phase Flow Test System
• DNAPLs [Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids]
• Transmitted Light Imaging
• Vadose Zone Field Infiltration Testing
• Visualization and Quantification of Diffusion Processes in Consolidated Materials
• X-ray Absorption Imaging System

Field-Scale Testing (WWW)

• Contaminant Transport in Subsurface Environments: Analysis of Multi-Rate Diffussive Transport
• Field-Scale Tracer Testing: Determination of Controlling Transport Processes in Fractured and Heterogeneous Subsurface Elements
• Vadose Zone Field Infiltration Testing

Numerical Simulation (WWW)

• Analysis of Long-Term, Regional-Scale Groundwater Flow
• Contaminant Transport in Subsurface Environments: Analysis of Multi-Rate Diffusive Transport
• Geostatistical Modeling of Spatially Heterogeneous Material Properties
• Numerical Simulator for Nonisothermal Multiphase Subsurface Flow on Massively Parallel Architectures
• Smart Sampling

• Atomistic and Molecular Simulations in Geochemistry and Materials Science
• Lattice Boltzmann Calculations of Flow, Dispersion and Reaction
• Low Temperature Fluid-Mineral Interactions
• Sandia Natural Attenuation Project
• Soil-Actinide-Metal Interactions Analysis and Modeling Laboratory

• Characterization of Brittle Materials Under Multiaxial Loading
• Discrete Element Modeling
• Explosive Structure Interaction
• Material Behavior Under Impulsive Loading
• Mechanics of Powder Compaction for Ceramic Manufacturing
• Microscale Characterization and Modeling of Porous Media
• Near Wellbore Mechanics
• Numerical Simulation of Reservoir Behavior During Primary and Secondary Recovery
• Rock Blasting Computer Simulations
• Shear Strain Localization and Fracture Evolution in Rocks

• 3-D Electromagnetic Imaging
• Crosswell Seismic Imaging
• Geosynthetic Membrane Monitoring System
  See also:
  
  • Environmental Restoration Technology - GMMS
• Hybrid Hydrological-Geophysical Inverse Technique for Assessment and Monitoring in the Vadose Zone
• Magnetostrictive Borehole Seismic Source
• Subsurface Gas Flow Probe
• Subsurface Imaging Using Crossborehole Electromagnetics
  See also:
  • Environmental Restoration Technology - Cross Borehole Electromagnetic Imaging
• In Situ, Three-Dimensional Flow Velocity Measurement

Geothermal Research (WWW)

• Sonic Drilling Technology (WWW)

Underground Storage Technology

• Underground Storage Technology Factsheet

Environmental Cleanup

• Environmental Business Development Department
• Environmental Restoration Technology Department
• Environmental Monitoring and Characterization Department
• Environmental Risk and Decision Analysis Department (WWW)
• Environmental Technology Projects - Sandia California (WWW)
• Environmental Restoration Project

Robotics Technology Development Program

Technical Task Areas

• Tank Waste Retrieval
• Contaminant Analysis Automation
• Mixed Waste Operations
• Decontamination and Dismantlement Control
• Cross Cutting & Advanced Technology
• Landfill Operations

Program Elements

• Robotic Controls
• Robotic Sensing Systems
• Robotic System Analysis
• Robotic System Simulation
• Co-operating Robotic Multi-Arm Manipulation
• University Robotic Research and Development

Related Areas

• Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI)
• Intelligent Micromachine Initiative (MEMS)
• Intelligent Systems & Robotics Center (ISRC)
• Computation, Computers, and Math Center-High Performance Computing

Characterization Technology

• Advanced In Situ Moisture Logging
• Automated Multiscale Permeameter
• Contaminant Transport in Subsurface Environments: Analysis of Multi-Rate Diffussive Transport
• Cross Borehole Electromagnetic Imaging
• Subsurface Imaging Using Crossborehole Electromagnetics
• Development of Hybrid Cost-Effective Directional Drilling Equipment
• Environmental-Measurement-While-Drilling System for Real-Time Screening of Contaminants
• Fiber Optic Relative Humidity and TDR Sensors for the Cone Penetrometer
• Field-Scale Tracer Testing: Determination of Controlling Transport Processes in Fractured and Heterogeneous Subsurface Elements
• Flow Probe™ Chemical Analyzer
• Geostatistical Modeling of Spatially Heterogeneous Material Properties
• Imaging Soil Contaminants (WWW)
• In Situ, Three-Dimensional Flow Velocity Measurement
• Landfill Assessment and Monitoring System
• Magnetometer Towed Array
• SEDSS [Sandia Environmental Decision Support System] - Environmental Restoration Technology
• SEDSS: A Methodology and Tool for Risk Assessment, Site Characterization, and Comparing Remedial Alternatives for Environmental Restoration
• SEDSS - Risk-Based Decision Making-A Framework and Automation Tool for Guiding Site Characterization (WWW)
• SEDSS - Nuclear Waste Management Program (WWW)
• SEDSS web site (WWW)
• SEAMIST™ Instrumentation/Sampling System
• Smart Sampling - Environmental Restoration Technology
• Smart Sampling - Geohydrology
• Sonic Drilling Technology (WWW)
• Subsurface Gas Flow Probe
• Subsurface Imaging Using Crossborehole Electromagnetics
• Vadose Zone Monitoring System
• Vadose Zone Research Facilities

Monitoring Technology

• Barrier Verification and Monitoring System
• Barrier Verification and Monitoring for the International Partnership for the Evaluation of High-Pressure Jetting
• Development of Hybrid Cost-Effective Directional Drilling Equipment
• Geosyntheic Membrane Monitoring System (GMMS)
• Geophysical Technology - GMMS
• Geosynthetic Membrane Monitoring System
• Vadose Zone Monitoring System

Containment Technology

• Alternative Landfill Cover Demonstration
• Demonstrate Capillary Barrier Landfill Cover Concepts
• Mixed Waste Landfill Accelerated Site Technology Deployment
• Subsurface Barrier Systems
• Dry Barrier Applications for Landfills

Remediation Technology

• DNAPLs [Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids]
• Electrokinetic Remediation of Metals
• Field-Scale Tracer Testing: Determination of Controlling Transport Processes in Fractured and Heterogeneous Subsurface Elements
• In Situ Gaseous Reduction of Chromium System
• In Situ Reactive Barrier Systems
• Sandia Natural Attenuation Project
• Thermal Enhanced Vapor Extraction System
• Vadose Zone Field Infiltration Testing

Vadose Zone

• Advanced In Situ Moisture Logging
• Alternative Landfill Cover Demonstration
• Barrier Verification and Monitoring System
• Cross Borehole Electromagnetic Imaging
• Demonstrate Capillary Barrier Landfill Cover Concepts
• Development of Hybrid Cost-Effective Directional Drilling Equipment
• Dry Barrier Applications for Landfills
• Electrokinetic Remediation of Metals
• Environmental-Measurement-While-Drilling System for Real-Time Screening of Contaminants
• Fiber Optic Relative Humidity and TDR Sensors for the Cone Penetrometer
• Hybrid Hydrological-Geophysical Inverse Technique for Assessment and Monitoring in the Vadose Zone
• In Situ Gaseous Reduction of Chromium System
• In Situ Reactive Barrier Systems
• Sandia Natural Attenuation Project
• Numerical Simulator for Nonisothermal Multiphase Subsurface Flow on Massively Parallel Architectures
• SEAMIST™ Instrumentation/Sampling System
• Subsurface Gas Flow Probe
• Subsurface Imaging Using Crossborehole Electromagnetics
• SEDSS [Sandia Environmental Decision Support System] - Environmental Restoration Technology
• SEDSS: A Methodology and Tool for Risk Assessment, Site Characterization, and Comparing Remedial Alternatives for Environmental Restoration
• SEDSS - Risk-Based Decision Making-A Framework and Automation Tool for Guiding Site Characterization (WWW)
• SEDSS - Nuclear Waste Management Program (WWW)
• SEDSS web site (WWW)
• Transmitted Light Imaging
• Vadose Zone Monitoring System
• Vadose Zone Field Infiltration Testing
• X-ray Absorption Imaging System

Synergistic Activities

• Mixed Waste Landfill Accelerated Site Technology Deployment
• Environmental Fate and Transport of Chemical Signatures Through Soil Impacts Chemical Detector Survey Success
• SEDSS [Sandia Environmental Decision Support System] - Environmental Restoration Technology
• SEDSS: A Methodology and Tool for Risk Assessment, Site Characterization, and Comparing Remedial Alternatives for Environmental Restoration
• SEDSS - Risk-Based Decision Making-A Framework and Automation Tool for Guiding Site Characterization (WWW)
• SEDSS - Nuclear Waste Management Program (WWW)
• SEDSS web site (WWW)
• Smart Sampling - ERT
• Smart Sampling - Geohydrology
• Technology Management System (TMS)
• Innovative Treatment Remediation Demonstration Program

Waste Disposal

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Project (WIPP) (WWW)

• Analysis of Long-Term, Regional-Scale Groundwater Flow
• Automated Two-Phase Flow Test System
• Colloid Chemistry and Transport Laboratory
• Flow Visualization & Processes Laboratory Overview
• LEHGC, a Hybrid Lagrangian-Eulerian Model of Hydro-Geochemical Transport
• PRDA
• Sandia Tomography and Radionuclide Transport Laboratory
• Soil-Actinide-Metal Interactions Analysis and Modeling Laboratory
• Visualization and Quantification of Diffusion Processes in Consolidated Materials
• WIPP Chemical and Disposal Room Processes Department (WWW)

Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project (YMP) (WWW)

• Field-Scale Tracer Testing: Determination of Controlling Transport Processes in Fractured and Heterogeneous Subsurface Elements
• Flow Visualization & Processes Laboratory Overview
• Numerical Simulator for Nonisothermal Multiphase Subsurface Flow on Massively Parallel Architectures

Synergistic Activities

• Environmental Technology Projects - Sandia California (WWW)
• SEDSS [Sandia Environmental Decision Support System] - Environmental Restoration Technology
• SEDSS: A Methodology and Tool for Risk Assessment, Site Characterization, and Comparing Remedial Alternatives for Environmental Restoration
• SEDSS - Risk-Based Decision Making-A Framework and Automation Tool for Guiding Site Characterization (WWW)
• SEDSS - Nuclear Waste Management Program (WWW)
• SEDSS web site (WWW)
• Waste Disposal (WWW)

Energy and Critical Infrastructure

Oil and Gas

• 3-D Electromagnetic Imaging
• Magnetostrictive Borehole Seismic Source
• Near Wellbore Mechanics
• Numerical Simulation of Reservoir Behavior During Primary and Secondary Recovery
• Shear Strain Localization and Fracture Evolution in Rocks
• Subsurface Gas Flow Probe
• Transmitted Light Imaging
• X-ray Absorption Imaging System

Water

• Analysis of Long-Term, Regional-Scale Groundwater Flow
• Flow Visualization & Processes Laboratory Overview
• Hybrid Hydrological-Geophysical Inverse Technique for Assessment and Monitoring in the Vadose Zone
• Numerical Simulator for Nonisothermal Multiphase Subsurface Flow on Massively Parallel Architectures

Infrastructure

• Characterization of Brittle Materials Under Multiaxial Loading

National Security Applications

• Environmental Fate and Transport of Chemical Signatures Through Soil Impacts Chemical Detector Survey Success
• Mechanics of Powder Compaction for Ceramic Manufacturing